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Insurer-sponsored community health worker programs can address health plan members' SDOH needs. Learn how, from literature scan and focus group interview results.

Hypertension disorders in pregnancy are the leading cause of maternal death, but state and territorial health agencies can address hypertension in pregnancy and reduce maternal morbidity and mortality.

In the current legislative cycle, there are several policy strategies that support the development and integration of community health workers into the public health workforce, including dedicated federal funding and state laws supporting ...

Colleen Arceneaux and Jantz Malbrue from the Louisiana Department of Health to discuss why forgoing community health worker certification was the right course of action for their state.

This brief discusses the roles state primary care offices (PCOs) have in addressing primary care transformation.

The fear, uncertainty, and trauma caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have affected how individuals interpret public health messages. With this in mind, this brief outlines recommendations for case investigators and contact tracers to consider ...

In the spring of 2022, ASTHO’s island area members convened at the first island-focused COVID-19 Health Equity Action Institutes and asked each other what creating an equitable and sustainable public health and healthcare system looks like ...

In recognition of American Heart Month, this episode focuses on the important role that community health workers (CHWs) play in Virginia’s statewide approach to addressing health disparities and heart disease, in particular.

State health agencies are well-positioned to build the infrastructure necessary for scaling up the use of community health workers by defining their core competencies and building opportunities for funding, training, and employment.

A Blueprint for Establishing a Health Equity or Minority Health Office 30:38 minutes Learn how to form and manage an office of health equity or minority health, based on several firsthand experiences. Listen to the podcast episode now. ...

ASTHO spoke with Denise Octavia Smith, the inaugural executive director of the National Association of Community Health Workers, about the critical work community health workers are doing and her roadmap to sustaining the current wave of ...

Each year, ASTHO tracks and analyzes key legislation that impacts public health, and highlights the emerging trends for our members. While the bulk of the tracked legislation arises in state legislatures, ASTHO also follows legislation ...

Six questions with Scott Becker, CEO of the Association of Public Health Laboratories. Becker is active in national and international public health initiatives. He chairs the Governance Working Group for the Global Laboratory Leadership ...

Empowering Community Health Workers to Advance Health Equity ASTHO, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, community health workers, health equity, covid-19, health inequities, public health infrastructure, public health, ...

Promoting Sustainable Financing of Community Health Worker Programs Advancing Sustainable Financing of Community Health Workers Logan Kelly Learn how health agencies can shape policy development and implementation to support sustainable ...

Many health equity frameworks have been built in the context of the states, as such, they do not always translate easily to the U.S. territories and freely associated states.

This playbook, originally designed for local health departments, provides resources for states and territories who would like to increase community health worker engagement.

Across the nation, healthcare delivery systems and community-based organizations are developing partnerships to address the social determinants of health and behavioral health needs of the populations they serve. This report details ...

COVID-19 has generated awareness of the importance of building community resiliency and brought about an influx of federal funding, which offers an opportunity to advance equity in prevention, social determinants of health, and healthcare.

Community health workers provide a wide range of services including advocacy, health education, patient navigation, as well as social-emotional support. Because national standards do not currently exist, trainings are typically often ...